Tie rack



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United States Patent TIE RACK Dewayne K. Williams, Anaheim, Calif., assignor to Williams Manufacturing Co., Inc., Anaheim, Qalih, a corporation of California Application March 19, 1953, Serial No. 343,423

4 Claims. (Cl. 211-194) This invention has to do with a device for displaying mens wearing apparel, and more particularly with a tie rack.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a tie rack with a plurality of tie-receiving hooks thereon, interconnected to certain structure, which, by virtue of actuating one hook from the collapsed or extended position, will in turn actuate each of the other of said tiereceiving hooks, enabling the ties to be easily observed or readily stored without undue abuse occurring to the ties due to wrinkling.

Another object of this invention is to provide a tie rack that is simple in structure, economical to manufacture, and readily assembled.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be made manifest in the following detailed description and specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference is had to the accompanying drawings for an illustrative embodiment of the invention, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of the tie rack embodying the present invention, the tie-receiving hooks being shown in collapsed position.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 illustrating the tiereceiving hooks in an extended position;

Fig. 3 is a plan view illustrating the tie-receiving hooks of this invention in an extended position;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view illustrating the mechanism of this invention and showing in dotted lines the position the mechansrn assumes when the hooks are in a collapsed position;

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken transverse to the longitudinal axis on lines 5-5 of Fig. 4 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional view taken on lines 6-6 of Fig. 4 looking in the direction of the arrows, and illustrating the hooks and mechanism thereof in a hook-extended position; and

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 6, but illustrating the hooks and mechanism in a hook-collapsed position.

Referring to the accompanying drawings wherein similar reference characters designate similar parts throughout, numeral 10 designates an elongated fiat panel having spaced inwardly from the ends thereof and integral therewith upstanding ribs 12 between which U-shaped cover, broadly designated by the numeral 13, is positioned. Cover 13 provides a front panel 15 which is held in spaced relation to and forwardly of the panel 19. This front panel has one or more horizontal rows of perforations formed therein with the perforations of each row being preferably arranged in staggered relation to the perforations of the other rows. The cover is secured to the panel by nut 16, screw 17 and spacer 18. Any equivalent means for securing the cover to the panel may be employed.

Spaced inwardly from one edge of panel 11 is a rail, broadly designated by the numeral 19, having equally spaced from each end thereof inwardly projecting stopshoulders 20 interconnected by continuation 21 of rail Patented Nov. 22, 1955 19. In opposed relationship to rail 19, and being substantially parallel therewith, is another rail, broadly designated by the numeral 22, having inwardly projecting stop-shoulders 23 equally spaced from the ends thereof, and which are interconnected by a continuation 24 of rail 22.

The stop-shoulders 23 of rail 22 project inwardly toward the center of panel 10 a greater distance than stopshoulders 20 of rail 19. However, stop-shoulders 20 and 23 are parallel relative to each other and lie in the same vertical plane.

The legs 25 and 25a of U-shaped cover 13 are restricted from inward'bending by virtue of the fact that they embrace a portion of each of rails 19 and 22, respectively. Extending through perforations 14 of cover 13 are bent, L-shaped, tie-receiving hooks, broadly designated by the numeral 26. The longer leg 27 of hooks 26 receives ties 28 and has bent in the free end thereof a loop 29, to prevent a tie 28 from falling therefrom.

The bend, interconnecting leg 27 and leg 30 of hooks 26, is arcuate providing a cam or a radius 31, the operation of which will subsequently be more fully described. Integral with leg 30 and extending therefrom is a projection 32. Projection 32 is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of legs 27 and 30, respectively, and extends into and is pivoted in openings 33 formed in bosses 34 on elongated, irregular shaped bars 35.

Bars 35 are reciprocably slidable upon panel 10 between elongated guards 36, spaced from said bars, rails 19 and 22, respectively, and are interconnected by crossbars 37. Guards 36 have on each free end thereof stops 38 which lie in the same plane and cooperate with stopshoulders 21) and 23 on rails 19 and 22, respectively, to limit the reciprocable path of travel of said bars 35. Guards 36 have for their purpose the defining of the reciprocable sliding path of travel of bars 35 along with retaining books 26 in openings 32 of bars 35.

The operation of the tie rack above-described is substantially as follows. The bars 35 which are connected by the crossbars 37 constitute a slide that is slidable behind the front panel 15 formed by the cover 13. The sliding movement of this slide is of course limited or restricted by the engagement of the crossbars 37 with the stops 20 and 23 as well as the ends of the guards 36. If one of the hooks 26 is grasped while that hook is in a collapsed position, such as illustrated in Fig. 1 and is swung into a position extending at substantially right angles to the plane of the front panel 15, this movement of this hook causes the slide formed by the bars 35 and crossbars 37 to slide behind the front panel. In the course of this movement the curved or arcuate portions 31 slide rearwardly through the perforations 14. While only one of the hooks 26 may be forcibly moved to produce a sliding of the slide and a sliding of the arcuate portion 31 through its perforation 14, all hooks 26 will be caused to pass through similar movements.

Conversely, if it is desired to collapse the tie rack any one of the books 26 may be forcibly moved from its extended position into a position approximately parallel to the front panel 15 and in so doing it will cause the slide to slide behind the front panel. All books will be caused to pass through similar movements in which their curved or arcuate portions 31 slide through the perforations 14. Compare Figs. 6 and 7. The extreme positions assumed by the hooks 26, namely, one position at right angles to the plane of the panel 15 and the other position approximately parallel thereto are limited by the engagement of the stops 20 and 23 by the crossbars 37.

Various changes may be made in the details of con struction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

I claim: l. A tie rackeomprising a front member having one or more horizontal rows of perforations therein, slide means, means connected to the front member and slidably mounting the slide means behind said front member, tie supporting hooks having arcuate portions slidably extending through the perforations, and means pivotally connecting the hooks to the slide means, whereby when the slide means is caused to slide behind the front member the hooks will be caused to slide through the perforations at their arcuate portions and thus assume either positions extending forwardly at approximately right angles to the front member or positions approximately parallel thereto.

2. A tie rack comprising a front member having one or more horizontal rows of perforations therein, slide means, means connected to the front member'and slidably mounting the slide means behind said front member,

tie supporting hooks having arcuate portions slidably extending through the perforations, means pivotally connecting the hooks to the slide means whereby when the slide means is caused to slide behind the front member the hooks will be caused to slide through the perforations at their arcuate portions and thus assume either positions extending forwardly at approximately right angles to the front member or positions approximately parallel thereto, and stop means engageable with the slide means limiting the sliding movement of the slide means.

3. A tie rack comprising a front member having one or more horizontal rows of perforations therein, slide means, means connected to the front member and slidably mounting the slide means behind said front member, tie supporting hooks having arcuate portions slidably extending through the perforations, said tie supporting hooks having portions at their inner ends pivotally connectedto the slidemeans whereby when the slide means is caused to slide behind the front 'tiiemfiermehdars will be caused to slide through the perforations at their arcuate portions and thus assume either positions extending forwardly at approximately right angles to the front member or positions approximately parallel thereto.

4. A tie rack comprising a front member having one or more horizontal rows of perforations therein, slide means, means connected to the front member and slidably mounting the slide means behind said front member, tie supporting hooks having arcuate portions slidably extending through the perforations, said tie supporting hooks having portions at their inner ends pivotally connected to the slide means whereby when the slide means is caused to slide behind the front member the hooks will be caused to slide through the perforations at their arcuate portions and thus assume either positions extending forwardly at approximately right angles to the front member or positions approximately parallel thereto, and stop means engageable with the slide means for limiting sliding movement of the slide means to positions wherein the hooks will be either at right angles to the front member or approximately parallel thereto.

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